Hamnet

Sheila Hancock's great-great grandfather was called Hamnet Pinkey Octavia Zurhorst.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Catherine Gee 2011

Hamnet, which is a remarkable name in itself, becomes still more so from its resemblance to the immortal name of Hamlet [Endnote: 17] the Dane; it was, however, the real baptismal name of Mr. Sadler, a friend of

Biographical Essays Thomas De Quincey 1822

And when I wondered if it was right to do such a personal story and cannibalize my own life, I remembered that the great Shakespeare had a child called Hamnet and that three years after his son's death, he took out an old play and rewrote it.

Out of the Woods Now 2008

"Hamnet" and "Hamlet" appear to have been interchangeable baptismal names at the time but Shakespeare's Hamlet, although certainly concerned with fathers and (adult) sons, is difficult to push back before 1599/1600, leaving biographers to argue (with no supporting evidence) for a personal sensitivity on the subject still influential then, and lingering on in plays composed many years later.

The One and Only Barton, Anne 2006

I was someone in my own right before I married the Tax King of Hamnet County.

And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010

I was someone in my own right before I married the Tax King of Hamnet County.

And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010

It would be best to leave Crab behind too, for where people see him, they look for you, Hamnet.

Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

“We are going to unmask the true murderer,” Will said, having pulled Hamnet aside from the crowd.

Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

Hamnet straightened up, gave me a lazy nod, and said, I know who you are.

Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

I began to wonder if Hamnet Sadler had forgotten or failed us, or if the note might somehow have gone astray.

Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009